Dr. Shabih U. Hasan

Research Interests:

• Neonatal and perinatal medicine and physiology
• Investigation of the disorders in the control of breathing during infancy
• Role of vagal innervation in the maintenance of breathing
• Mechanisms of respiratory failure in vagally denervated fetuses during postnatal period
• Surfactant synthesis/secretion during perinatal period
• Investigation of the relative roles of myelinated and unmyelinated vagal receptor-afferent fibre systems
• Sudden infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Effects of cigarette smoke exposure and nicotine on neonatal cardiorespiratory responses
• Cigarette smoke exposure and nicotine administration in relation to insulin-like growth factors, binding proteins and hypoxia inducible genes
• Infant care practices in the First Nations and SIDS